Ministry of Justice

Community Rehabilitation Companies

Baroness Corston: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how many owners of Community Rehabilitation Companies have hired public relations companies or consultants since February.

Lord Faulks: The MoJ robustly manages and monitors the performance of Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs), in line with Government standards, to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to maintain service delivery, reduce reoffending and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. CRCs are contracted to deliver services for a fixed fee. We are aware that some of the CRCs have contracted with Public Relations Agencies. However, we would not normally monitor information on how many owners hire PR companies or consultants.

Knives: Crime

Lord Falconer of Thoroton: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children were (1) convicted of knife possession, (2) convicted of a second offence of knife possession, and (3) sentenced to custody for knife possession offences, in each month between July 2014 and November 2015 inclusive, broken down by ethnicity and by age group.

Lord Faulks: The data requested is set out in the table below. Data from October and November 2015 will be available after figures for this period have been published in the knife possession sentencing quarterly statistics on www.gov.uk. The figures in the tables will be subject to change as the cases that are currently in the system eventually reach a court outcome.In July 2015, a new minimum custodial sentence for repeat knife possession came into force. Out of the 456 days covered by this data, there were just 76 days in which the minimum sentence was applicable. The average time from charge to court outcome is 86 days, so it is unlikely that any repeat possession offences could be tried under the new legislation.Table 1 shows the number of juvenile cautioning and sentencing occasions for knife possession offences by age group for each month between July 2014 and September 2015.Table 2 shows the number of juvenile cautioning and sentencing occasions for knife possession offences, where the juvenile has one previous caution or conviction for the possession of a knife or offensive weapon, by age group for each month between July 2014 and September 2015.Table 3 shows the number of juvenile sentencing occasions for knife possession offences resulting in an immediate custodial sentence by age group for each month between July 2014 and September 2015.Table 4 shows the number of juvenile cautioning and sentencing occasions for knife possession offences by ethnic appearance for each month between July 2014 and September 2015.Table 5 shows the number of juvenile cautioning and sentencing occasions for knife possession offences, where the juvenile has one previous caution or conviction for the possession of a knife or offensive weapon, by ethnic appearance for each month between July 2014 and September 2015.Table 6 shows the number of juvenile sentencing occasions for knife possession offences resulting in an immediate custodial sentence by ethnic appearance for each month between July 2014 and September 2015.



Juvenile Knife Possession Jul 2014 to Sep 2015
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Overseas Trade: Crown Dependencies

Lord Wallace of Saltaire: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what conditions the FCO and UK Trade and Investment attach to providing support and assistance to companies based in the Crown Dependencies in pursuit of overseas contracts and investment opportunities.

Lord Maude of Horsham: Companies from the Crown Dependencies are able to take advantage of the Overseas Market Introduction Service (OMIS) as a non-subsidised, fully- charged service to commission information from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) to assist them in planning and executing their business plans.UKTI services are provided at a cost to the UK tax-payer. The Crown Dependencies operate under the jurisdiction of their own Administrations, with no business-generated return to the UK Exchequer. Consequently, OMIS provision to companies based in the Crown Dependencies is charged for.Companies from the Crown Dependencies are not eligible for any subsidised UKTI services, unless they have an active UK trading address and can demonstrate that any support they receive would help them deliver economic benefit to the UK through this trading address.